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Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1887-06-10
NORMAL NOTES.

Examinations are the order OF
the day for this week. They will
be finished on Friday.
The Philomatheans will give
their annual entertainment in the
Normal Chapel, on Friday evening
the 10th. The best talent of the
Society has been put upon the
program, and the public may ex-
pect something very fine. Tickets
on sale at Normal Book Store.
The Evolutionary entertainment
given by Miss OWENS class at the
Opera House, last Friday night
was we'll attended, notwithstand-
ing the stormy evening. AS US
ual, the exercises delivered by the
participants, We're excellent and
quite contrast to the entertain
ment given week or two before,
by other parties, in which there
was a general lack of propriety,
fitness and talent.
Arthur Willard has received the
appointment 20 Annapolis, having
passed most satisfactory exami-
nation upon the various required
branches. Arthur is a talented
young man, and goes to fulfill
the predictions that, the leading
minds of the future will be found
In our Navy, where master minds
are SO much needed, especially at
the present time.
Prof. d. A. Mcmillan, Supt. of
the Mexico Public Schools, paid
Pres. Blanton and the Normal a
short visit last week. Prof. M. IS
a most pleasant and cultured gen.
tleman and makes hosts of friends
wherever he goes. Having taken
Prof. Blanton's place at Mexico,
he has kept the City Schools there
In first-class shape and improved
them.
The Senior and Zetosophian So
cieties gave a joint program in the
Normal Chapel, last Friday after
noon. A large audience had as
sembled and the exercises were
very good, all seeming well pleas
The Senior Literary Society will
give banquet ON Saturday eve
ming of this week. Only members
Of the Society to be invited.
c. NJ. Higgins, graduate of the
Advanced Course of 'S6, is in town
soliciting agents for the Riverside
Publishing House, of st. Louis. |
de has been quite successful, hav-
ing secured the services of several |
young men.
b. f. Carroll and wife, both |
graduates OF the Normal payed us
. flying visit last week. Prof.
Carroll taught a most successful
school at Jamesport, Daviess Co.,
he past year.
Several of the young gentlemen
md ladies have secured positions
or the coming year, but there are
many candidates remaining who
re waiting for opportunities to
'ut in applications.
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Weather Crop Bulletin.

WASHINGTON, d. c., June s.
The weather crop bulletin issued
by the Signal Office shows the
following conditions for the week
ending June 4, 1887:
i Iemperature-During the week
the weatL er has been cooler than
the average for the week in all agri-
cultural districts east of the Rocky
Mountains. In the O..io and
Lower Missouri Valleys, Tenne-
ssee, Kentucky, Virginia and
North Carolina and the east por-
of New England, the deficiency
+ of temperature for the week ran
ged from 52o to 500 or daily
avesage of about So cooler than
usual. The tempe. ature was
slightly in excess of the nor
NAL in Oregon and Northern
Califotnia, while Ia Central and
Southern California it was about
the average. The temperature for
the season, Arom January 10 June
4, 1887, d fees but slightly rom
the notmal temperature in the
Northern States andin the South
ern States bordering on the
Atlantic coast. while the average
daily excess in the cotton region
ranges from 90
Raiufall-During the week the
rainfall has been generally in
excess in the States east of the
Mississippi River and in Louis
lana, Eastern Texas, Southern
Missouri and Eastern Kansas.
Slight deficiencies of rainfall for
the week are reported in the Upper
Mississippi Valley, Minnesota,
Iowa, Dakota and Nebraska; but
numerous and well distributed
showers occurred throughout the
grain regions of the Northwest, |
which appear to have affected the |
crop in those sections favorably. |
The cotton region has been favored |
during the week by an excess of
rainfall, ranging from l to 2 inches J
In Northern Louisiana, Miss ssissippi +.
Northern Alabama, North and !
South Carolina and Georgia. |!
there is a large seasonal
deficiency of precipitation in these
States, these recent rains appear
to have been very beneficial to she
growing crops, owing to their
timely occurrence and favorable
distribution. The weather during
.he week has apparently proved
favorable for the growing crops.
The needed rains have occurred
throughout the wheat and corn re-
sions, excepting in portions of
illinois, Missouri AID Iowa, where
light showers have occurred, and
Geographic reports received this
no ning, Sunday, June 5. 1886.
how that showers have occurred
Turing the past eight hours, and
re likely to continue during the
next fo"ty-eight houls in the States
Allowed named. The general rains
md cool weather in the hay and
obacco regions in States on the
Atiantic coast and the Ohio Valley
re reported favorable for those
tops. The weather was apparent
y favorably fo- all growing crops
throughout the South. although
eports from sec ions OF Tennessee
nd Mississippi show tie crops
we're injured by hail in some sect
ons of those states.
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Up ard Down the Charlton.

Plenty of rain.
The backbone of the drouth is
broken.
The best rain of the season fell
last Friday night.
Most of the crops are sure to be
bountiful and the farmers are
happy.
Mr.. Edward w. Myher has the
best prospect for corn that we
have seen, and Mr.. George Young
the finest wheat prospect
We understand that Mr.. Char
ley Harris expects to supply his
patrons with water melons again
this season as he has planted
about four acres. All right Char
ley we will endeavor to be there.
Considerable fishing is being
done along the Charlton, but we
have heard Of no very large hauls
as yet.
Some thefts have been commit
led up and down the river recent
ly, but none of the perpetrators
have yetbeen captured. Such work
should be vetoed Immediately.
Fruits of all kinds will be scarce
in this community.
The new bridge across Big
creek at Sloan's Point is finished.
1t is good bridge.
Mr.. Gideon Amick recently
hauled load of 81 ties to Nov
niger. The largest load Of ties we
have yet seen on common wagon
drawn by two horses. Who has
beaten it? /;
Mr.. Jacob Shot is building a
nice two story front to his resi-
dence near Novinger.
Mr.. W. Z. Bliven is making ex-
teusive improvements on his barn.
There was a basket meeting at
New Baden springs last Sunday
conducted by Rey's. RozelI and c.
NJ. G. Thompson, of Kirksville. 4
splendid meeting and large
crowd were reported.
Mr.. John Berry, of Kirksville,
was visiting relatives in this vici-
nifty.
Mr.. Geo. Height and wife from
south of town were visiting his
father-in-law, Mr.. Jacob Shafer, of
this vicinity last week.
Rev. Featy, accompanied b. Mr..
Williams, both of LaPlata. preach
ed at the Pleasant Ridge scnool
house on the 18th ult. He is
young man just startirg in the
ministry and gives promise of a,
brilliant career. They are both
gentlemen of culture and tley
leave good impression in .le
neighbornood.
MIR. David Williams of LaPJata.
was seen sporting his best siIl in
this vicinity last Saturday and
Sunday
Mr.. Ira Coilet leaves the first
of this week to visit a friend in
northern Illinois and be thinks
that he will take in Chicago on his
lrip. May pleasure attend h m on
his journey.
The Troy Mills Literary Socie- i
ty held its frs annual picnic in
the grove at Sloan's Point last
Saturday. They were assisted in
heir program by the Llewellyn
md Sloan's Point societies. i
There was a debate at the SAILS +.
berry school house on Saturday
hight the 2Sth, ult. The question {
vas, Resolved that Columbus de- !.
served more honor for discovering +;
American than Washington fo de-
ending it." The Westinghouse as s
got the decision. Next Satur- /
lay night they will discuss the
question. "Resolved: That secret
oc'eties shol ! be discouraged.
J. O. r.
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The cream gathered IN the
c'nItg Of LaBelle is shipped TO
.'e '3r'ncy Creamery. A pushiug
prog tessive town like LaBellel
shonidhaye Creamery of its OWL.
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che tered III Kansas the first da,
Of June.
The syndicates have coin
cred coffee. The consumers cal
now corner the syndicates by ceas
ing to consume.
With bountiful crops and
thorough investigation of count,
affairs all over the state, Missour
will have an era of unprecedented
prosperity.
The Home Press" ha.
been enlarged to eight pages aud
presents other evidences of in.
creas'ng prosperity. 1t is now
one of the neatest publications il
the country.
The city council of OmPha
Neb., has passed an ordinance for
bidding swearing on the streets,
and the editor of the Omaha
World has threatened to leave the
city unless the council supend the
ordinance until he sells his balky
horse.
The Quincy Journal" of
last Saturday was double the usu-
al size. 1t contained a complete
write-up of Quincy's business in
terests, and forty cuts of her rep
resentative business men. The
editorial and mechanical work of
the paper reflect great credit,
not only on the journal, itself,
but on the entire city of Quincy.
The increase in the price of
coffee is probably due more to the
maniprlations of gambling syn
dicates than the shortness of the
crop in Brazil. If the people of the
United States were to stop drink
ing coffee for three months the
syndicates would have to let 90
their grip, and the price of coffee
would drop more rapidly than
it has gone up.
In the general rejoicing
over the present and future pros
poets of Missouri, it should not be
forgotten that Judge Henry and
Auditor Walker recently engaged
IN street fight at jefferson City.
Ii Walkers party is afraid to pros
ecut him for fraud he should at
least be prosecuted for carrying
concealed weapons. If Henry did
right in knocking Walker down,
he should have the benefit of a
lury's acquittal.
Science published on May
9th the second Of its valuable
monthly maps of regions of cur
rent interest. The map just pub
llshed is one on Central Africa, |
and IS the latest and best map of
that region yet printed. 1t en-
bodies the known results of all ex-
plorations up to date, and is of spe-
elal interest as furnishing a trust
worthy guide to those who are in
terested In tracing the course of
Henry NJ, Stanley in his expedi-
ton for the rescue of Emin Bey !
Ihe map is handsomely printed
in colors by the lithographic pro-
cess.
As an evidence of the rapid
development of mechanical and
manufacturing industry in the
South it is announced that con-
tracts amounting to S1,000,0O0 for
machinery and mill appliances
were made recently by the Cotton
seed Oil Company. The factories
Will be erected in eight cities in
the South, ana as soop as these
shall have been completed eight
more will be started. The produc-
ton of cotton-seed is estimated at
6,OOO,OOO tons, and the projectors I
OF these works contemplate the
working up of all this supply of !
seed, providing markets can be
found for the product.
The c. B. & Q. railroad
company have concluded to re-
luce their rates between st. Louis
Council Bluffs and Omaha. When q
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An indiana farmer who told his
boys to burn every humble bees
nes' they found Oh the -a1 IN, and
was complaining the failure of his
clover crop, was surprised when
Maurice Thompson, the naturalist,
said; "Tha. is why yorr clover
seed fails you. Bundle bees make
your clover seed" It is fact that
a strong nes OF humble bees in a
clover field is worth $50 to the
owlet, for these insects are the
CHEZ agents IN .-e-tilIzing the
blossoms. thereby 1s ing a heavy
crop of seed. In z-u5tralia there
are no humble bees of our kind,
and they could not raise clover
seed there ustil they imported
some.
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For which l will pay the follow
ing prices
IN CASH

Common Hens $500 per doz.
Large Hens 2.25 per doz.
boosters 1.25 per doz.
Geese, full feathered 800 per doz
Ducks 8 3" 1.5O per doz
Turkeys 5 cents per lb.
Young Chickens s {"
To be delivered at the store of
MONTGOMERY & BEILBY,
Kirksville Mo-, FRIDAY, Saturday
and Moday, June 10th, 11th and
18th. G. W. NORMAN.
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when Baby vas sick. We gave her cassoria.
When she was Child, she cried sor Caator.z,
When sho became Mas, sbe eiuns 70 CAstor.-
When she had Children, she gave them casIoEia,
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With bountiful crops and q
thorough investigation of county
affairs all over the state, Missouri
will have an era of unprecedented
prosperity.
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Seven new railroads were
che tered in Kansas the first day
Of June.
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The syndicates have COIN
cred coffee. The consumers can
now corner the syndicates by ceas-
ing to consume.
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The c. B. & Q. railroad
company have concluded to re-
duce their rates between st. Louis.
Council Bluffs and Omaha. When
the interstate law went into effect
this road, being the long route to
Council Bluffs and Omaha, rather
than sacrifice its local points under
the new regulation, raised its rate
to the former places about 15 per
cent. After two months trial it
found this business of too much
consequence to lose. The return
to the old rates Will necessitate a
slaug hter of the local rates all
along the line. This is believed
to be the frs; step in turning the
tide Of in'er-s state regulation in
favor of the shipper, and interme-
diate points may find that the
long and short haul is a very good
thing after all.
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The Home Press has
been enlarged to eight pages aud
presents other evidences of in
creas'ng prosperity. 1t is now
one of the neatest publications in
the country.
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WASHINGTON, d. c., June g.
The weather crop bulletin issued
by the Signal Office shows the
following conditions for the week
,Juna i 1897.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-19
He PIucked the Hawk.

Rather Il good monkey story is Just
going the round. There lives in the
south of France man of wealth. whose
chateau, or country place of residence
has around it very tall trees; the cook
of the chateau has monkey, and q
pert fellow who knows ever so many
tricks. The monkey often helps the
cook to pluck the feathers from fowls.
On the day that interests us, the cook
gave the monkey two partrdges to
pluck, and the monkey, seating him
self in an open window. went to work.
He had picked the feathers fro'D one of
the cartridges and placed 1t on the
outer edge of the window, with salts
fled grunt, when, 10! all at once. q
hawk flew down from one of the trees
near by. and bore off the plucked
bird. Master monkey was very angry.
He shook his fist at the hawk, which
took Il seat on one of the limbs not far
off, and began to eat the partridge,
with great relish. The owner of the
chateau saw the sport, for he was sit
ting in n grape arbor and cI'ept up to
watch the end Oft. The monkey picked
the other partridge, laid it on the ledge
in the same place, and hid behind the
window screen on the inside. The
hawk was caught in this trap, for when
it flew down after the partridge, out
reached the monkey and caught the
thief. In moment, the hawks neck
was wrung, and the monkey soon
had the hawk plucked. Taking the
two birds to the cook, the monkey
handed them to him as if to say: Here
are your two cartridges, master" The
cook thought that one of the birds
looked queer, but he served them on
the table. The owner of the house
shook his head when he saw the dish,
and, telling the cook of the trick,
laughed neutrality-suspicious..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-19

pay me for the use of the land?" re.
peated the "Square."
live promised every one of them
to somebody for % cents apiece" STAN.
mered Ruby.
"Oh, well, the money will do just as
well as the melons, of course" said the
Squire, smilingly. You can pay one
half you get for them. That's all I
shall ask. | shouldn't think of charg-
ing you more than that Some would,
but | shan't. Goodbye
Poor Ruby! She sat down and cried
as hard as she could. She had planned
just how to spend the money. She was
going to have 4 nice pair of shoes, and
may be she could get canary. There
was one for sale cheap up the street a
little way. Oh, oh, oh! now she could
not even pay for the shoes, she was
afraid.
She went home and told her mother.
and there was ncighbor in to call, and
Ruby told her
ITS a shame" said the neighbor.
"Square Ellington has more money
than he can possibly spend now. The
idea of his taking your melon money!
The old skeezuxr'
1t did look rather mean. The neigh.
Dor must have gone out and told some
Others, for that night something hap
pened.
Tboro hoe boon eo,,oo d;e+;,, c.,,;eI al
summer visitors in Nestlin, and that
very evening one of them, very
famous man, of whose good opinion
Squire Ellington thought a good deal,
had promised to give a lecture at the
town hall. 1t was on Free Trade and
the Tariff, and, although a good many
Of the village people did not feel much
interested in the subject, they all went
because the speaker was such great
man, and they could all 90 in for moth
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller went, and they
took Ruby with them. Imagine their
surprise when, after the lecturer had
been through long and somewhat
prosy talk on rents, he said: "Why,
ladies and gentlemen, | have even
heard of a man so mean that he asked
rent for about a square rod of ground
in a country village. Not only that
but he exacted it OF little girl, not ten
years old, who had already received his
permission, without his naming any
conditions, to raise few melons on it.
Isn't that carrying the rent business a
good way, ladies and gentlemen? Did
you ever hear of any thing much meaner
than that in yourlives?"
People said that Squire Ellington
grew very red when this story was
told. At any rate, he never said any
thing more to Ruby about paying rent
for her little melon patch, and she
bought the shoes and the canary, and
by good management she saved twenty
cents, with which she bought a little
doll for Laureta, too.-Kdte Epson
Clark, in Sqt1Shanc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-19
MIND-READING.
A Professor OF the Remarkable Gift Tells
How 1t Is Accomplished.


Sebastian George, the amateur ''mind-
reader" describing his remarkable
gift, gives the following as his theory
as to how mind-reading is accomplished:
When my subject sees an object it is not
the eye that sees, but the brain, using
the eye as conductor. The more WV
idly any thing is pictured before the eye
the greater the tremor of the brain, and
the more certain the mind of its object.
The tremor established in my subject s
brain travels throughout the system,
and would evidently go out into the at
mosphere, or ether, perhaps to inhu-
ence things we know nothing of, but
here the mind-reader steps in and re-
ceives the electric current Qor this be-
lieve it is) into his nerves, it travels to
his brain, and there again the object is
reproduced. With me it is certainly
very dim, but the real object is pictured
there, and | see with another's eyes.
Then, without contact, | receive the
tremor through the conducting ether,
and when my nerves are in their most
susceptible mood, or on a par with my
subjects, | would be just as sure of sue
cess. There is no supernatural power
about it whatever; it is but plain,
common-sense thing, which, however,
we can not quite fathom. If a PEI.
son is not looking at an object, but
making a mental picture of it, of course
the idea gathered by the thought-re-
vealer is not SO distinct as when his
eyes are fixed upon it, as natural con-
sequence. When an object is hidden,
there is double work to do if the mind
reader has had no previous knowledge
of what the article is to be, but even
then l will guarantee to state emphatic
ally whether it is the object or not
| when it has been found, and in nearly
every case will tell what it is before the
search is ended-Cor. Boston Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-19

"A man sat on salt barrel on Mich>
igan Grand avenue yesterday making u
great display of eating raw carrot
A small colored boy halted in front of
him, watched the performance for a
while, and then said:"My fadder tried dat
dodge de odder day" What dodge?"
"Tryin' fur to git sympathy, but il
didn't work" "Why?" 'Kase de
whisky smells right frew the karrut.
He's tlyin' onions now. n-DetroH Free
Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-19
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
A CONSTANT FRIEND.

Trust y5c- mother, little one.
In LIES morning, Just begun,
You will find some grief, some fears,
Which perhaps may cause you tears;
But a mothers kiss can heal
Many griefs that children feel.
Trust your m6Iher; seek to prove
Grateful for her thoughtful love.
Trust your mother, noble youth,
Turn not from the paths OF truth;
In temptations evil hour,
Seek her, ere it gains new power.
She will never guide you wrong;
Faith in her will make you strong.
Trust your mother; aim to prove
Worthy of her fondest love.
Trust your mother, maiden fair;
Love will guide your steps with care.
Let no cloud e'er come between
Let no shadow e'er be seen, 3
Hiding from your mothers heart
What may prove n poisoned dart.
Trust your mother: seek to prove
Worthy Of her faithful love.
Trust your mother to the end.
She will prove your constant friend;
Fer It's gladness wings the hour,
Share with her the joyful shower;
Or If sorrow should oppresH,
She will smile and She will bless.
Oh, be trustful, loving, truG,
That she may contide in you.
- Golden Days
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-19

TIE advertisement of the old reliable es-
Enlistment, The Storrs and Harrison Co.,
PainesviIle, Ohio, appears in this issue, Of.
fering flower and vegetable seeds, roses,
plants, grape vines, fruit and ornamental
trees. They are running one of the most
complete nurseries in the world, and issue
q large, attractive catalogue which they
will mail you free, on application. They
have no travelling agents, and are only re-
sponsible for orders sent direct. Give them
a trial and save dealers commissions. They
guarantee satisfaction.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-19
:" Communion Cure"

would be a truthful name to give to Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" the
most eficacious medicine yet discovered for
arresting the early development of pulmo-
nary disease But consumption cure'
would not sufficiently indicate the scope Of
its influence and usefulness. In all the
many diseases which spring from de-
of the liver and blood the Dis
covery'' is a safe and sure specific. OF all
druggists,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-19

How OFTEN is the light of the household
clouded by signs of melancholy or irrita-
biiity on the part of the ladies'. Yet they
are not to be blamed, for they are the re-
suit Of ailments peculiar to that sex, which
men know not of. But the cause may be
removed and joy restored by the use of DR..
Pierce's ''Favorite Prescription" which,
as tonic and nervine for debilitated wom-
en-, is certain, safe and pleasant. 1t is be-
yond all compare the great healer Of women.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-19
Where to Find Umbrellas.

1t was raining heavily when Parson
Surplus Eel, in crossing the street, met
a poorly clad boy whose clothes were
soaked.
my dear little boy, why don't you
get an umbrella?" said the kind-hearted
clergyman,
"Sinee pa has quit going to church he
never brings home any more umbrel-
las. "-PhiLadelphta Record.